Trichogalumna

Trichogalumna nipponica, from here.


Belongs within: Galumnidae.

Trichogalumna is a genus of galumnid oribatid mites found in the Old World tropics and subtropics (Subías 2004).

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Prodorsum without true lamellae, with sclerotised lamellar lines on surface; lamellar setae originating mediad to lamellar line. Dorsosejugal suture interrupted. Surface of notogaster smooth; notogastral setae extremely short but all well observable; areae porosae of normal size.

<==Trichogalumna Balogh 1960 S04
    |--*T. lunai (Balogh 1958) [=Pilogalumna lunai] S04
    |--T. arborea Ohkubo 1984 S04
    |--T. chimaera Ohkubo 1984 S04
    |--T. chitralensis Hammer 1977 S04
    |--T. duoporosa Hammer 1971 S04
    |--T. granuliala Ohkubo 1984 S04
    |--T. hygrophila Ohkubo 1984 S04
    |--T. imperfecta Ohkubo 1984 S04
    |--T. lineata Ohkubo 1984 S04
    |--T. madagassica Mahunka 1996 S04
    |--T. microseta Wallwork 1965 S04
    |--T. montana Balogh 1962 S04
    |--T. nipponica (Aoki 1966) [=Pergalumna duplicata nipponica] S04
    |--T. pumularis Engelbrecht 1972 S04
    |--T. punctata Engelbrecht 1972 S04
    |--T. seminuda Balogh 1960 S04
    |--T. subnuda Balogh & Mahunka 1967 S04
    |--T. taeniata Hammer 1971 S04
    `--T. vietnamica Mahunka 1987 S04

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

Balogh, J., & P. Balogh. 1992. The Oribatid Mites Genera of the World vol. 1. Hungarian Natural History Museum: Budapest.

[S04] Subías, L. S. 2004. Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (1758–2002). Graellsia 60 (número extraordinario): 3–305.

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